Signaling device



*HARLES Il. KAY, OF SPKANE. WASHINGIFON.

SGNALIN'G- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

.Patented J uly l, 1919.

Application filed July 7, i916. Serial No. 107,964.

To all whom may concern.'

Bo it known that l, CHARLES F. KAY, :i citizen of tie lhiited States.,residing nl. Spokane, in theconntj ol polcmc, Strate ol W'nehingflon,lieve invfnfci certain new and l useful l'nlprovcncnl'e in Sigh-aline;llevices;

and l do hereby leclerc the following io he si. full, clem, end ometdescription of the invention, noch will. rnnhlc others Skilled in thcart o wh. une the min This if nicn remise in the c c, naling dem( j, endhais particular reference to a trcfiic indicating device for usc on antomobiles find other vcliiclee` The invention has for its; object to iwvide e traliic signal which may be operated to advise drivers of cnrsif'. the rear of the one carrying the signal of the intentions of thedriver, relative tc the "llrecl'ri of the vehicle, and at the seme timew notify the trellis policeman :nel drivers, ci' faire in front of the'vehicle @inging the Signal of the drivcrz` if l'o 'ibis end, myinvention com in. ,o gung e signaling op parfitiw i i i ie normally holdin a punition .vhcre it ie ineignificnnt lo he of parties in fronte? 'irbehind the vehicle, but which., when it iedcsiired to transmit a.signal, can be turned ixin full view :md simultaneously illuminated toprovide a bright object through whom.: medium the desired informeH tionmuy .\nvecd.

A further objcciJ of the invention 1s co provide e 'signaling system ci'the type above ndiceied vhlcii includes an electrical circuit which indyhe conrolled 'from the Steering Wheel of the vehicle, or otlierivise,uthe signels being both turned and illuminated by electric power.

lith the .fi-beve end other objects in View, as will hereinafter appear,in f invention will now be fully set forth and r ascribed, refer encebeing' had to the accompanying draw ings.

In said dmvvingsz Figure 1 is a, conventional showing of the rear end ofa motor vehicle, equipped with my improved signaling device,

Fig. 2 is e front elevation of one of. the signal devices,

. it n .cnet-titille to ineke and.

Fig. 3 in a side View thereof,

gig. l is a. section on line 4--L of Fig. 2, an

Fig. 5 is n. section on line 5--5 of Fig'.

Referring more particularly to the rilrevvinge-1, l represents the bodyol' u motor vehicle having the usual fenders i2 overlying theN rafrWheels. Preferably. but, not necessarily mounted upon the. fenders Q,are thc Signaling: devices 3, which are clcc Lriczrlly comment-ed tosuitable cont-rol devices, :is Switch buttons upon the ,steering Wheelor the dash-board adjacentA the drivers seat, whereby either or both ofthc devices 3 may be operated.

Each of the ucvlces 3 consists of a d1shlike circular casing 4f,rotatably carried by the tubular standard 5. The standard 5 terminatesab its lower end in a hollow base or casing 6, which contains themechanism for rotating the device. Extending down werdly through thetubular standard 5 from thc side of the casing 4, is a rod 7, Whoselower endl is axially recessed to seat lpon the stop bearing or 'n 8, sothat the fusing 4 Supported for 'ree rotation upon he Vstenderd 5 andupon the pin 3. Nithin the casing 4.is supported n lamp socket. 9,

hirh is arranged in axial elinerncnt with thc Stendardli V:and the rod7, said socket 9 carrying the lamp 10 which is centered within thereflector casing 4. Said lamp is preferably? dyed a` suitable color, esred, to convejT a suitable warning, sind the light is notJ onlyrcliccted rearwardly from the rc- Hector casing 4, but is also visiblethrough the b'rk of the reflector casing through the zentral opening 11.Preferably, the reflector casing il is also colored so that the signalwill convey a warning when oper ated in daylight.

Extending to one side of the rod 7, at thc lower end thereof, is nn arm12, whose outer extremity terminates in or carries an arcuate magneticbody 13, seid` body 13 lyingr concentric to the rod 7, end being operetive as the movable core ol an electromagnct 14 which is positionedWit-hin the bese (l. Said clcctromugnet lll is connected by wires 15into the electric circuit, which may be battery fed or otherwise, and isalso ing indicator or lli? wired to Phe buttons horeinhelore mentioned,hut wliioli need not he .shown to properly die;H floso tlu pre-sontinvention. The lalnp 1l) wonnen-ivd as hy ille vurenA l5 into thouli-#trio :n1-teni, .1o that `when the proper button primed, themii-:regiondinp; signal will he Hiinuleiuwnaly rotateagl andilluminated.

,liso mounted upon Athe arm 12 is a ontalt elenunt 1l? which inoonueeted to one of the wires l5 leading; from tho hun). Said non tactlll in adapted to lie ruriiorl into Contact with the roatsiet i? mountedupon the bottoni of the haer (i, when the core 13 is drawn into therlectrir magnet 1.4, Said Contact l? being oonnef'led to the currentsource. A Stop 18 located behind the arm l2 lin'iitel tho movement ofthe latter so that the casing 4 Will be stopped in proper position whenthe core 13 is releaed from the intluenco of the magnet l1, a'ooilepring 1i) surrounding *he rod 'I being properly arranged to swim; theruil to return the latter to normal pw sition al'ter doomgization oi'tho elet-tromagnet 14.

shown in Fig. 1, tho signai dorure# ai"- two in number` one upon each eltho 'londera or rear corners of the vehivle body. :so ne to be visibleboth to the rear and to the front of the vehicle. In normal position,the eignal devices stand. parallel to the vehicle, that is as indicatedin Figs. 1 and 3. Then it" is desired to indicate to parties in the,rear of the vehicle that the driver is about to turn in one direc-lionor the other, a proper button is pressed and the correspond goal dvvu'owill he turned from the positioi'i 2 14:55. i to the position oi' Fig);Ait, that is, ftii *lio open face ot tl.- rniing l turned lo the fi ont"villini lne button le plowed, the e le cloned through the electricmagnet. ll. all when rnorgmid drawn therein the` roi-f,- -io that hedevi@J is rotated. W'luiii the com li Witn the arln l1.. swung throughthe are necessary to bring the contacts 16 and 1T together, the circuitincluding the lamp l0 la closed. so that the latter is lighted, Aa noonas the button ifi restored to normal posiion, the lamp oirnuit and tluelectromagnetic iiirouit are broken, so that the spring 19 may reet-3rothe mining 4 to normal poel-- tionA Obviously hy operating both of thebuttons, hoth oi' the raining will be thrown into ignaliug positionWhit-l1 will indicate that the operator either preparing to back themachine or to stop.

From ihn. foregoing), it will he evident that I have devised a verysimple electrically' eontrollol signaling apparatus which highlypractical and erin ne [manufactured :it aooniparatively low oost. Th iapparatus oanbe installed on any machine now' in une, since eachsignaling devine is prartically aelloontained, and (loes not require thenvriifiilimhon ol' the machine to any extent.

What I claim as my invention is 1. n.. traliio indicator, eomprisiing,rin com hination, a hollow base supporting a hearing pin, a rotatablestandard mounted upon umid haar and upon nnid pin, a rlllrclor caeingoarl'iiwl hy Said standard, and having said etandard projected therein,an illuminating element on tho upper end of said standard, anelertrfrlnagnet mounted with in said liano, a movable core for Saidmagnet carried lly Said rotatable standard, menue for connecting saidilluminatingl element into an electric circuit, said circuit beingclosed and Said casing being rotated when said eleotromiagnet i5energized to 'at-traut Said coro Iand means for restoring the casing tonormal position.

il. A ysignaling device for automobiles and tlm like, roniprising ahollow relatively Hat haie with. a convex upper portion having a :wrlrnlopening with a Surrounding up riti-indias," tubular Standard, a hollowrod turiiahly mounted in the atamlard and ox- .fri'idiugf lo :i pointadjacent the bottom ofthe man owl fzliovie the top of the Standard, adirait lilo; roller-tor Supported on edge hy the rod, an electric lampsupported by the upA per end of the rod within the reflector andprojecting' slightly therefrom so as to be visible odgewiso of thereflector, a bearing upon the bottom of the base for supporting the roflin conjunction with ille top of the ntaniflard, said electric lamp beingnormally in an open circuit, ineam` for rotating the rofl to retain thecircuit normally open and means lo turn the rod in the oppositedirection io li ilu"` L'iirr'uil' to ignite the lamp.

*guiding devine for automobiles and the, ilo, monili-:ing :i hollowrelatively flat `g se willi :i cfouvox upper portion having a rf traiopening with a surrounding upl-nhular Standard, a. hollow rod unuiriledin the tandard and eX liirniihly tiniciing lo a point adjacent thebottoni of the imno and above the top of the standard, a dielflilforolleotor supported on edge by the rod, anni reflector having a centralopening, an. iuoaiulusoent lamp receivingI socket supported upon theupper end of the rod and extending radially within the reflector wherebyan incandescent ylamp mounted therein will he partly visible attliekcenter thereof and through said centrixho lening in the rolleotorfrom the side opposite to the reirotor surface thereof, the lower end ofthe rofl having a socket formed therein, a pin carried by the bottom ofthe hase and engaging the socket tof rotatably support the reflector, anarm fifed'to the rod at its lower end and having a Contact projectingtherefrom and an arcuate portion, means to limit thel movement ol" thearm in one direction and consequently the rod and releotor, menue fornormally disposing the arm in the last named position, a stationarycontact for engagement py the movable Contact of the upon thedenergization of the magnet and 10 arm., :in electro-magnet arranged inthe bese seamtion of the contacts. und adapted upon energizaton toattract the n testimony whereof, I aix my signanreuntelportion as :Lcore for turning the rod ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

und re eetior whereby to bein; the movable Contact into engagement wilthe station CHARLES FKAY' ery contact, seid emp being vconnected inWitnesses:

circuit with the contacts to he ignited upon F. J. MCCORMOGK,

engagement thereof and to be extinguished ALEX. ALLARDYCE.

